Senior Risk Analyst - Information Security
Salary: Competitive Plus Benefits
Location: Coventry Store Support Centre - Ansty Park and Home, Coventry, CV7 9RD
Contract type: Permanent
Business area: Sainsbury's Tech
Closing date: 12 January 2026
Requisition ID: 400044177
We’d all like amazing work to do, and real work-life balance. That’s waiting for you at Sainsbury’s. Think about the scale it takes for us to feed the nation. The level of data, transactions and variety it involves. Then you’ll realise that ours is a modern software engineering environment because it has to be. We’ve made serious investment into a Tech Academy and into setting standards and principles. We iterate, learn, experiment and push ways of working such as Agile, Scrum and XP. So you can look forward to awesome opportunities in everything from AI to reusable tech.
Senior Risk Analyst (C5)
Division/Department
Data Governance & Information Security (DGIS)/Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC)/Risk Team
Location
Hybrid working - home and Coventry SSC
Reporting to
Risk Manager
Directly or indirectly manages
No direct reports – however 3 analysts to be supported in conjunction with the risk manager. Expectation is that the senior risk analyst will be a subject matter expert referral point for the risk analysts in day-to-day risk management but also support risk analysts role based development and coaching.
Budget
No direct budget responsibility, but you will be expected to support the Risk Manager with risk treatment budgeting decisions and risk governance and tooling long term funding strategy.
In a nutshell
The risk team is instrumental in managing and reducing threats to Sainsbury’s data and systems, ensuring minimised exposure. You will support the development and operational management of risk, ensuring the business operates within internal policies, standards and risk appetite.
What I am accountable for
You will ensure that all risks, are recorded, assessed, monitored, and have appropriate treatment plans in place. You will also produce reporting to a high standard, ensuring stakeholders including senior management, are fully engaged. This role will also be a subject matter expert referral point for risk management for internal team members and wider stakeholders across the business helping the risk manager to drive ongoing risk culture in the DGIS area and beyond.
- Support the development of risk framework and help to mature and embed risk management processes alongside the risk manager
- Support the risk manager in assessing and driving development of Controls and Policies which align with the organisation’s risk appetite
- Deputise for the Risk Manager as required, providing updates and presenting in various forums
- Ensure the Risk Manager is made aware through work with the risk team analysts or wider stakeholders of key or emerging risks that could significantly affect the business
- Work in collaboration with and support the risk manager as the point of contact for the Service Assurance and Tech/Engineering Operations stakeholders joint DGIS and Service risk common processes and reporting
- Support the KRI and MI collation and production for inclusion into key escalation routes to help steer senior mgmt. decisions with regards to DGIS risks
- Assist with creating and help delivery of risk training for risk team development
- Help support the risk manager in raising the profile of effective DGIS and Service risk management across the business through stakeholder engagement
- Support the ongoing maturity assessments of the Risk Management Policy
- Work collaboratively with stakeholders and support the risk team analysts to review and assess mitigating actions and remediation plans by risk owners
- Help facilitate processes which proactively identify and interpret changes in regulatory requirements, legislation and industry best practice escalating to the Risk manager as appropriate
- Assist in creating and delivering the risk roadmap
- Support the risk team to ensure ongoing refinement and improvement of risk methodologies and processes along with ensuring this is kept up to date
Additionally, the Senior Risk Analyst will offer subject matter expertise and help to assist in shaping the long-term development of the risk function. The role will also require you to continually drive improvements with the risk analysts evolving their capability to ensure our services are delivered effectively and in line with Sainsbury’s future ways of working.
What I need to know
Essential
- Risk management experience and working within a risk management framework
- Good knowledge and passion for information security with an eye for detail
- Familiar with information security controls, frameworks and tooling
- Be able to proactively identify and own any issues and follows through to resolve them
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, be able to work collaboratively with a range of people at all levels, both technical and operational
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal
- Excellent presentation skills
- Ability to prioritise their own workload and deliver quality results on time to budget
- The ability to think methodically and logically
Desirable
- Knowledge of NIST, ISO27001 and PCI DSS desirable
- Qualifications such as CRISC, CISSP and the CompTIA+ suite
What I need to show
Demonstrate consistent achievement of objectives while exemplifying our core values.
- Own it
- Consistently deliver on outcomes and communicate clear plans and goals to others, resolving problems independently
- Clearly and respectfully speak your mind, invite others to challenge or build on ideas and actively listen
- Proactively seek to understand the changing business context and work with peers to solve business challenges. Regularly review your goals to ensure you are focused on the right things
- Make it better
- Embrace new ways of doing things without fear of failure, supporting others to do the same
- Open minded and proactively adapt your approach during times of change, supporting others to deal with unforeseen situations
- Show curiosity about how the wider business operates
- Proactively seek feedback from a broad range of colleagues to build a robust development plan. Give feedback to colleagues at all levels.
- Be human
- Appreciate others’ moods and feelings and consciously adjust your approach accordingly
- Proactively build relationships based on honesty and integrity
- Always consider the customer’s perspective, continually looking for opportunities to build a great customer experience
Support we will provide
- Your line manager will provide support and guidance
- Access to the DGIS teams who have a wide array of skills and knowledge
- Extensive support and training materials available
- Other resources as required
We are committed to being a truly inclusive retailer, so you’ll be welcomed whoever you are and wherever you work. Around here, there’s always the chance to try something new - whether that’s as part of an evolving team or somewhere else across the business - and we take development seriously and promise to support you. We also recognise and celebrate colleagues when they go the extra mile and, where possible, offer flexible working. When you join our team, we’ll also offer you an amazing range of benefits. Here are some of them: Moments that matter are as important to us as they are to you which is why we give up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity or adoption leave and up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
Starting off with colleague discount, you'll be able to get 10% off at Sainsbury's, Argos, TU and Habitat after 4 weeks. This increases to 15% off at Sainsbury’s every Friday and Saturday and 15% off at Argos every pay day. We've also got you covered for your future with our pensions scheme and life cover. You'll also be able to share in our success as you may be eligible for a performance-related bonus of up to 20% of salary, depending on how we perform.
Your wellbeing is important to us too. You'll receive an annual holiday allowance, and you can buy additional holiday. We also offer other benefits that will help your money go further such as season ticket loans, interest free car loan of up to £10k, cycle to work scheme, health cash plans, pay advance (where you can access some of your pay before pay day) as well access to a great range of discounts from hundreds of other retailers. And if you ever need it there is also an Employee Assistance Programme, you will also be eligible for private healthcare too.
Please see www.sainsburys.jobs for a range of our benefits (note, length of service and eligibility criteria may apply).
